What could be better than relaxing at a beautiful West Country beach with breath-taking views and tucking into scrumptious, premium produce? The Venus Company count themselves extremely lucky to be located at some of Devon and Cornwall’s most stunning and sought after beaches including Devon’s Blackpool Sands, Bigbury on Sea and East Portlemouth and Cornwall’s Watergate Bay and Tolcarne....
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is calling on volunteers from Plymouth to descend upon Wembury Beach to help pick up litter as part of the retailer’s 4th annual Big Beach Clean Up.
Taking place on 8 May from 11.30am, the event will be hosted in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and invites local residents, businesses, students and societies to join them in helping...
Piles of wet wipes are littering our beaches as more people choose to use moist cloths to remove make-up, replace traditional toilet paper and apply fake tan. According to the latest beach litter data collected by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and published today in its Great British Beach Clean report, numbers of wet wipes found on beaches increased by over 50% in a single year!...
Living Coasts is offering local people a free weekend of fun and games beside the seaside.
The coastal conservation charity is holding a marine BioBlitz and beach clean at Beacon Cove, with TV presenter Maya Plass and lots of additional activities to keep everyone entertained.
Clare Rugg, from Living Coasts, explained: “We will have divers in the water cleaning the seabed,...
The UK’s leading marine charity says it hopes people who love the coast around Devon will take part in a nationwide beach clean event which includes clean-ups at Beacon Cove, Slapton Sands, Seaton, Dawlish Warren, Cockleridge, Instow and Croyde.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) runs regular beach cleans around the UK which this year will culminate in the Great British Beach Clean...
Thousands of schoolchildren are to benefit from one of the biggest Teach on the Beach projects in the UK, being launched by the Ecover Blue Mile and Plymouth University based Natural Connections.
The programme will provide training in blue spaces for teachers across the South West of England. Among the organisations providing the training are the Eden Project in Cornwall and the Marine...
Police have identified the man who was found on Perranporth Beach on Tuesday 25 February as a result of the public appeal.
Following formal identification on Wednesday 5 March, the man can now be named as Alan Eric Jeal, 64, from Wadebridge. His next of kin have been informed.
Two callers, including family members, rang police giving Alan’s name after seeing the artist’s...
A rare, warm water Kemp’s Ridley turtle has washed up on Woolacombe Beach, North Devon.
The small dead turtle was reported to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) on Tuesday 28 January.
Just 30cm in length, the creature is not the first Kemp’s ridley to be washed up along the UK coastline this winter. According to Dr Peter Richardson, MCS Biodiversity Programme Manager: "Two...
Beach lovers will be able to take a bus straight to the seaside again this summer.
Families will be able to hop on board the number 54 to the popular beach of Bovisand, which overlooks Plymouth Sound.
The ‘beach bus’ will be operated by Jackett’s Coaches and run daily from Sunday 21 July until Sunday 1 September. It will run from the A9 stop on Royal Parade every hour from...
